Jar.



ELMORE S. HOYT, OER/ED WING, MINNESOTA.

JAR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EIiMORE S. How, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Red, Wing, in the county '01"- Goodhue and. State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Jar, of which the following is a specification.

"lhe present invention appertains to jars, and aims to provide novel and improved side handles therefor.

Stoneware or earthenware jars are ordinarily provided With integral outstanding handles at opposite sides, which are the source of difficulty in properly handling or lifiting the jars especially wh they and their contents are heavy. These ordinary handles usually only accommodate the tips of the fingers, and as a result, the entire weight of the jars and contents being placed upon the tips of the fingers,- it is difficult and often impossible to lift and handle the ordinary jars. it also not infrequently happens that the ordinary handles slip from the fingers allowingthc jar to drop and break. j I

This invention aims to eliminate the foregoing and other objections incident to the use of ordinary handles by the provision of bailed side handles, which enable the jar to be handled with convenience and safety.

The invention resides in the novel application of bailed side handles to the jar, whereby the handles can be swung above the upper end or rim of the jar, so that the jar can be conveniently handled or carried.

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a jar having handles of the na ture indicated, the improvements being simple and inexpensive in construction, so that they will not complicate the jar or materially increase the cost thereof.

'With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of What is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whercin:

Figure l is a perspective view of a jar equipped with the improved handles. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of a Specificatiomof Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. a1, 1915.

Application filed August 27,1915. Serial No. $7,630.

traginental portion of the jar illustrating as illustrated is employed upon a jar having straight vertical sides.

In carrying out the invention, the jar 1 is provided or molded with outstanding integral diametrically opposite lugs'8 adjacent but slightly below the upper end of the jar. The lugs 3 are elongated horizontally parallel with the upper end of the jar, and

their outer sides are rounded or curved from top to bottom. The upper portions of the lugs 3 are integral with and merge into the head 2, whereby the lugs are reinforced by the bead, to reduce the liability of breakage. The lugs 3 project outwardly farther from the hody'of the jar 1 than the head 2, and are provided with horizontal or longitudinal bores piercing or extending through. the same.

Horizontal bolts or pins 5 extend through the bores 4 and have their ends protruding,

the bolts or pins 5 being provided with heads 6, and nuts 7 being threaded upon the bolts. The heads 6 and nuts 7 are located adjacent and spaced from the'opposite ends of the lugs 3.

Wire bails 8 are provided With terminal eyes 9 embracing the bolts or pins 5 and'idisposed between the ends of the lugs 3 and the heads 6 and nuts '1". The terminal eyes 9 of the bails 8 bear against the ends of the lugs 3, and handles or hand holds 10 of Wood or other suitable material are disposed upon the intermediate portions of the bails 8. The bails 8 are thus pivoted to thelugs 3, and are anchored to the bolts or pins 5 extending; through the integral lugs 3 oilthe jar body.

The bails 8 can normally swing downwardly at the opposite sides of the jar, so as to be out of the Way, and when it is desired'to lift or handle the jaiythe bails can be swung upwardly so as to project above the upper end or rim of the jar, whereby the handles or hand holds 10 may be grasped,by the hands for conveniently lifting or handling the jar, and Without the liability of the jar slipping accidentally from the hands as with ordinary jar handles. The present handle construction is substantial yet simple, and is superior to the ordinary handles.

Having thus described the invention,

diametrically opposite outstanding integral lugs adjacent but spaced slightly from its upperend said lugs being integral with and merging into said bead, the lugs having horizontal bores piercing the same and parallel with the upper 'end' of the jar, pins extending through said bores, and bails having their ends embracing said pins, and 15 adapted to be swung upwardly to project above the upper end of the jar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELMORE s. HOYT. Witnesses g V. W. LAMBERG, W. Pazn. 

